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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07

The business Of quilting simple minded
American citiz n into The belief that they
are heirs to vast estates in. England must
have become less remunerative than it has
been At all events there are Indications
that the plan Of swindle has been reversed,
and gullible Brltishers are now being en-
tertained with tales to the affect that they
are legal owners OF vast estates on this side
OF the water. Grants and patents Of the
pre-revolutionary period furnish a fertile
source for Misrepresentation. The coun.
tess OF Lindsay, it is said, has been per-
suaded that she wi more or less Of Al
bany, snd is rather Of the opinion that she
will take possession Of the property after
sundry fees for legal expenses have been
paid. There il a bare possibil ~ that the
countess is right, but the probability is
very strong the other way. II the British
victims of this kind of rascality prove as
profitable as the Americans have, the
workers have struck anew bonanza. 1t is
strangely easy to persuade people that they
would be rich or richer if they had what
belonged to them.-Neu York World,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
TaImage on Sharp.

Sharp" said the Rev. DIR. Talmage, at
Ter he had been listening to the evidence in
the Sharp trial one day, lis different from
other railroad men only in that be was
found out. Bribery is the natural curse of
this country. 1t is perpetual not only in
the legislature of New York state but in
the Legislative bodies of other states. Long
rows OF palaces have been reared by bril-
berry, either in money or political prefer
ment.
There have been bigger cases than
Sharp's" said the preacher, but bribery
has continued just the same. 1t is a sad
spectacle to contemplate the ruin of a
mans character. To me a trial OF that
kind is more solemn than a funeral, n con-
viction more awful thar a life dashed ont
in a railroad accident. When / read Of
the meeting with his wife and daughter I
felt deeply for the misguided old man, but
the trial was manifestly fair and il par
ial."-NeW York Star.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
An Untenable Defense.

Police Judge (severely)--Prisoner at
the bar, you are charged with wanton
and unprovoked assault ON this district
messenger boy, who appears here as
complaining witness. What have you
to say in your own behalf?
Prisoner (volubly)--You see, your
honor, / was coming down the street
when this boy dashed ont of the bank
and dashed against me-"
Judge (doubtfully)-You say he ran
out OF the bank?
Prisoner confidently - Yes, your
honor. He out, as / said, and"
Judge OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dare
to come here and tell this court that
a messenger boy ran! I'll have you to
understand, sir, that this court cannot
be trifled with. Fifty dollars or fifty
days in jail.-San Francisco Post
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07

caused . German critic TO declare that
il Strasburg il the cradle Of printing,
ut ID Q cradle without . baby BY
1448 Gutenberg had removed to Mainz,
for there is record OF his hiring money,
and in 1850 he made . contract with
John Fust, . money-lender, to provide
money for "paper, vellum, ink, wages,
and the other materials required on
half-profts, which contract was the
basis Of the second suit In this suit,
brought in 1455, Fust, who has been
sadly confused with that later DR..
Faust. Of Wittenberg, from whose
wicked leaBning grew the Faust legend,
foreclosed his mortgage, got possession
of part of Gutenberg's implements and
stock, and by help Of Gutenberg's APP
prentice. Peter Schoeffer, who after
ward married Fust's daughter Christina,
took up the business of printing.
There is a legend that this Schoeffer,
and not Gutenberg, invented the type
mould, but recent investigators show
that this invention was peculiarly
Gutenberg'a-R. r. Blocker, In Har-
pev's Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
The Sweetest Girl in School.

sShe's the sweetest girl in SCHOOL," enthu-
siastically exclaimed one young miss to
another, as they passed down the street to-
ge,her. Edith is 30 kind, and gentle, aud I'M
selfish, every one likes her. And she has
lovely golden hair and pretty eyes. Isn't it .
pity her complexion 10 so bad; it spoils her
looks. And then she has such dreadful head
achesi" The glrls skipped along, but it hap
pened Edith's mother had heard what they
said. 1t set her thinking. What could be
done for those headaches aud the rough,
muddy complexion, that was such a trial to
her gentle daughter. She recalled what she
had read Of Dr. Plerce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, and on the spnr of the moment she
slipped into q drug store and bought q supply.
Edith took it faithfully, with the result that it
cleared her disordered blood, relieved the
headaches, made her skin soft, fair and rosy,
and now she is not only the Sweetest girl IN
school" but the most beautiful.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
Calling the BOy to Tea.

She came to the door, and in the
blandest of tones called Sammy" hut
there was no answer. She waited a bit
and then she raised her voice o little
and "Sam.mee" foated out on the air
in that peculiar information, the long.
drawn rise on the first syllable and the
lingering decadence on the last that
only q woman car give, and to which
the average man could no more attain
than he could button his boots with !
hairpin. She leaned out by the corna
of the house and listened. She could
hear the boys down at the brook
screaming and chattering, but they
took no notice of her calls. She was q
little riled. She gathered herself up
for a mighty effort, and once more that
"Sam-mee" rose and fell through the
deepening twilight like the wall of q
banchee. Then she snapped out,
you'll see what you'll git when you do
git here, young man." but the young
man was busily covering a thin place in
the ice with snow so the other boy
would go in and wet his feet when he
stepped on it. He couldn't indulge in
speculations as to what he would get
in the dim future; he was getting too
much fun now.
She was mad, and she sung out IF
you amt up here in n minute, sir,
I'll be down there after you" The other
boy looked o little uneasy and wanted
to know if Sammy hadn't better go up,
to which Sammy returned: "Naw,
dye 'spose she'll wet her feet comm
out here in this snow? Jes' see me
plug that icicle over" The figure at
the door stood ~irresolute, but she had
on her best slippers. She tried a
warning: "Supper's ready, sir, and
then the door slammed and peace
brooded over the scene. "Jes. tell me
il you see fathers hat around the COR
ner," said Sam to the other boy, while
both redoubled their efforts at molding
snowballs. In about three minutes the
hat appeared, and directly after a man
stepped on the door stone and said,
"Sam--supper," and before the words
had fairly left his lips Sam was stand
ing on his head in his eagerness to get
cup 7 the house" before the door could
close, and a gray-headed man walking
along the street wiped a tear ont OF the
corner OF his eye, anil said he hadn't
had such a glimpse back at his own boy
hood for q e r.--LeHiston Journal,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
The Girls Have Rivals.

Six Cinnamon sat in o New Chambers
street ice cream saloon eating ice cream.
$40 you like that, john" he was asked.
"Chinaman, he like him. Ice Gle am, him
belize good"
DO YOU have ice cream in Gilman"
mo have him in China-a-a."
The proprietor said that the Cinnamon
were good customers and were extremely
fond of ice-cream. A laumdryman washed
from two to six dozen nap ms daily and
took ce-cream in payment. Another came
regularly four times a day for his dish.
1t Is about the only thirg that they have
bee ONE Americanizsd in. The Cinnamon
eat slowly, chattering all the time, and ut
the finish lick the plate clean and wash
their fingers in the drinking glass. --Phiia-
delphia North American.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
Her Notion Of a Hot Bath.

A motherly looking old female, with gray
hair, solid ankles, a scarcity of teeth, and q
basket in her hand, recently paid a shilling
for q hot bath at a Brighton establishment.
She remained in two and a half hours, and
as she paid no attention whatever to the
pathetic appeals of the attendant that per-
son at last put her head in at the door.
She found her customer washing a NANCY
looking poodle in the bath, the dog having
evidently been smuggled in in the basket,
while two eggs were cooking IN a bowl I'M
der the hot water tap, some tea wa being
brewed, and q plate, knife and fork, some
bread, cheese and other v~ictuals were laid
out on The window sill. The attendant
tried to explain that the place was not a
restaurant or d~og-purifying establishment,
but her ears were suddenly boxed, and the
customer only departed o n being threatened
with the police. -LondOn Society.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
Banks.

There are several kinds Of banks in
generously allow you to deposit your
money with them and take care oft for
you, some Of them taking care thst you
never get it back again.
There arc various ways OF getting
money out of q bank. One Is to draw
o check on the bank; another to draw o
revolver on the cashier. The hitter
was the favorite method employed by
the lamented Jessie James, and the
draft was promptly honored, as q epn-
eral thing.
When a corporation wishes to open o
bank it takes out q charter, but a
burglar takes out q jimmy.
1t is a fine thing to have a big balance
in n solvent bank. Like an old bot it
is easy to draw on. But if the banl be
shaky a depositor needs q clear head to
avoid losing his balance.
If you want your note discounted
any bank will attend to it for you.
They may require some little form to
be gone through with first, such al the
autograph of some wealthy man 1.-THE
neighborhood neatly written on the
back of it, not necessarily for publca-
ton, but as a guarantee Of good faith;
but this is u mere matter of fom,
though you will find yourself in rad
form ut the bank if you neglect it.
The savings banks Of the country
have been of great benefit to the poul.
The poor, as is we'll known, are liable
to squander the vast sums of moneyn-
~dividually, but savings banks take Their
loose change and invest it for then,
sometimes in the most permanent maj
ner. In thousands OF instances tle
poor have put every cent they had ina
savings bank, whose officers have l.
vested it so skillfully that the depositds
have never seen it again. The balk
officers thereby remove the temptation
to spend it. And they also remae
themselves when exposure comes and
the neighborhood gets too hot for then.
Canada groans with then now.
The banks of Newfoundland are Gee
brated the world over. They receive
vast deposits Of fog-banks Of fog4t-
me-nots, as it were. Then there ae
the banks and braes of Bonny Dom
that Burns sings of. The braes would
seem to indicate that there was q niue
pasture in the immediate vicinity.
Faro banks are plentiful in our large
cities, and they receive extensive d.
posts. The depositors are frequently
mere chips of fellows who not only pat
in their own earnings but occasionally
act as agents for their employers in de-
posting funds belonging to them, with.
out consulting them in the matter,
however.
Finally there are banks Of care and
trouble, and we cannot expect to he
free from them until we have crossed
the Jordan's stormy banks. TEXAS
| CifjiD0e
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
Too Much Enthusiasm.

young schoclma'am' lis q hoiy call nc. To
SOW in the young mind the seeds Of future
knowledge and watch them as they grow
and develop is a pleasure greater than l
can tell. I never weary of my work. I
think only Of"
Il am very sorry" interrupted the young
man to whom she was talking, that you
are SO devoted to your profession, Miss
Clara. / had hoped that some day l might
ask you-in fact, 1 called o. niRht to-but
l hardly dare go on in TIE light of what
YOU"
"You may go on Mr.. Smith,, said the
young lady, softly. Il am a little to en-.
tbusiastic at times, perhaps. - Charleston
Neus and Courier.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
In the Whole Hideous Catalogue

OF diseases. there were mono which, previous to
the discovery OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
offered more formidable resistance to the old
fashioned modes OF treatment than the group
Of maladies which. under the collective name
Of malarial disease, afflicted entire commune
ties that suffered hopelessly. Chilis and fever,
dumb sgue, asue cake, and bilious remittent
were once regarded as we'll nigh incurable.
Now it rsjoices the hearts Of thousands who re-
side in districts periodically subject to the visi-
tation OF malaria, to feel certain that in the
Bitters they possess . certain defense against
the scourge, q sure msans Of expelling ite poi
son from the system. To the settler In the far
West, the new emigrant thither, and to travel
ers and tourists by land and sea-, the possession
Of this pleasant safeguard is q guaranty Of
safety from diseases which they might vainly
seek from any other source.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07

COMPLAINTS from the orange growers
in Florida are that they receive little or
nothing for their fruit when it is sold. 1t
seems there is no difficulty in growing or
anges in Florida, but between the transport
tat.on companies and middlemen the poor
granger generally comes out loser. Orange
growing in Louisiana has thus far proved
profitable, but with California and Florida
throwing their surplus on our markets it is
possible that our profits will in time be
somewhat diminished. Growers must be
prepared to meet competition. They have
as yet many advantages which can not be
overcome in the way Of transportation ia
c~ilities, ETC.. and our fruit is always placed
on the market in a first class condition.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
When Sunstroke Is Imminent.

When, during the heated term, one
who has been exposed to the suns
heated rays begins to suffer from head
ache, giddiness, nause and disturbance
of sight, accompanied with sudden and
great pr~ostration Of the physical forces,
sunstroke is probably imminent. If
such . n will take time by the fore
lock and immediately retire to . cool
place, making use Of some simple res
toratives, such rs aromatic ammonia,
etc, he may be spared further trouble,
but II he persists with his business he
will doubtless soon become very i'll,
which illness usually takes the form Of
heat exhaustion, heat appoplexy or
genuine sunstroke, the thermic fever Of
some writer's.
Those who are exhausted by the heat
have . cool moist skin, . rapid, weak
pulse and respiration movement and
the pupil is dilated. In fact the symp-
toms are those of collapse. These pa
tients will probably recover promptly,
an event which may be fastened by the
use OF . tonic and restorative treat
ment.
Those who suffer from heat appo-
plexy frequently become unconscious at
the outset. The heart and breathing
apparatus is not markedly disturbed
and the pupil may be normal, but the
Inconsistencies deepens and the case
runs on to q fatal termination. An ar
terry has been broken in the bsain, and
poured-out blood pressing on the nevre
centres brings about the fatal event.
A treatment calculated to draw the
blood from the brain to the extremities
hot foot baths, bleeding, ETC., prom
ises to be the most useful in such cases.
The thermic fever patient is uncon-
scious and convulsed, and his body
temperature may be lO8 degrees or no
degrees f., that is, 10 degrees above
normal The skin Of this patient feels
as though it would burn your hand
when laid thereon. In this a s the
thorough and prompt application of
cold is needed. Ice to the head and
cold water to the body generally will
be in order. Medical advice should be
promptly had in either Of the two case
last referred to. Complete recovery
from sunstroke Is rare, the brain being
permanently crippled in many cases.
Residence in . cold climate affords
some hope for such patients.-Phik
ddelphiG Times.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
The Galnr To Maar.

The rage for heliotrope is on the wane,
and no wonder, for everybody has worn il
in some shape. Besides it is not a durable
color. Green seems to be the f~avorita nj
present, in all the variety of shades. The
grass and leaf shades are most in demand.
Red, although still worn to some extent in
the peculiar shades, is less popular than
heretofore. Pale tints are rather in the
ascendant at present. A great deal Of white
is worn, of course, for there is nothing 80
pretty or so serviceable and cheap. 1t is
easily Numbered, and without fear Of its
fading. as is the case in all colored fabrics.
philadelphia Record.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
Buried Fifty Years.

Before 1886 q book ran through tho
village OF Roxbury, Mass, and then
vas filed up and houses built where
nee it flowed. On Friday workmen
engaged in digging Q cellar on the site
of one Of these old houses unearthed Q
big mud turtle. The animal was two
and q half feet long, over . foot wide,
and weighed twenty-eight pounds.
Without doubt it had been buried fifty
years. It was alive and in apparent
good health Eagle.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07
The Invention OF Printing.

Before the middle of the fifteenth
century Europe had a cheap material,
paper; an oily ink, developed for block
book printing, in place Of the fluid ink.
which could be used only with the
brush probably the press itself skilled
artisans, trained in the block-book
work; most important of all, the de.
mand caused by education. It lacked
movable types that could be fitted
evenly and readily together, for neither
the porcelain letters of Pitching nor
the individual stamps of the early
copyists had developed to this point.
"The invention Of printing" in its
modern sense consisted in the simple
production Of such types, or, as DE
Winnie puts il, of the type-mould which
should produce such types. Fifteen
cities claim to be the birthplace OF
printing, but the honor rests between
HARLEM, Strasburg. and Mainz. The
Dutch legend is that some time about
or previous to 1440 one Laurent
Janszoon Roster, custos or sexton of q
church in HARLEM. while in the Hout,
or HARLEM wood, cut letters on q
beech tree, which suggested to him
wooden types, from which he afterward
developed metal types; and that q man
in his employ, escaping with the secret
to Mainz, originated the art there,
HARLEM contains many portrait-monu-
ments OF Roster, and belief in him is
an article Of the Dutch faith, but later
investigators claim that he is alto
gether . myth, made up, with much
imagination and some rascality, of two
HARLEM citizens. neither OF whom was
. printer, and Of the unknown
printer" OF much later days.
The German story centers in John
Gutenberg, Of the family called Gems
fleisch--taking his mothers name in
accordance with o German custom, be-
aus her family was dying out-as to
whom there is q definite historical
chain Of evidence, including the rec
ords Of two law suits. Nothing is GER
tainly known of his first thirty years.
He is supposed to have been born about
1899, at Mainz, whence his family were
exiled, going to Strasburg. In 1439
he appears as q defendant in q lawsuit
brought in Strasburg by an heir of one
Andrew Dritzehen, to compel Guten-
berg to admit him to the secret and
benefit Of an art into which the de-
ceased had bought by payment to
Gutenberg. This art seems to have
been printing, aud the evidence in tho
suit shows that Gutenberg sent his
servant TO Dritzehen's house, immedi-
ately on his death, to have Q "formn OF
flour pieces" "lying in or about q
press separated "by turning two but
tons" $50 that no n might know what
it in" We do not know, for Gutenberg
won the suit and kept the secret.
Different modern scholars construe "itn
to be parts Of the press, pages Of type,
matrices, or . four-part type-mould,
such - il known to have been used BY
early printers. II Is not definitely
known whether Gutenberg printed any
books IN 6trasburg (some fragments 81
: type D0ndtus being most plausibly
connec*ed With him. th1eel. which
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-09-07

Nee@51F 9S SH
Ans - Ae - up h bed uncon.
|oc8eue a anything around him, and
yaidn9 hi1 Aand q his ear y II he
wanted - catch : far-awAy sound, he
uttered the peculiar ahellos which the
telephone operations are 20 accustomed
10 uno.
This hs YspsaAsd TN exhausted, and
Then I'LL bAck On his pillow. For Z
moment she stood - Il she had beon
thunderatruck, and then she knelt near
The BID, md, putting her soft, white
arm around his meek, softly patted his
pals face.
Ths women, astonishsd = they were.
did not daro TO utter word. The
pstient seemed 10 experience great re-
lief from her touch, and slowly fell
asleep.
When he slept, she explained her
acti0n, and, women as they were, they
did not have the heart to scold her.
She sent . message home explaining
everything, and after some delibera-
tion her parents, sensible people. de.
cided TO let her do as she pleased in
the matter.
Though she attended regularly to
her duties, she spent all her free time
with her accepted lover. But even her
loving care could not nurse him back
70 health, and he sank day after day.
Most Of the time he was in q comatose
condition, but when in some Of his
lucid moments he recognized her and
uttered faint words Of love and graft.
tude. she forgot all her cares and sor-
rows and felt happy.
One morning whom she left him to go
70 the o1ice he was very low, and though
the attending physician said that he
could live yet for two or three days,
she had arranged with the nurse ia
call her should . change for the worse
occur.
The day was . perfect one, but about
nOon-time, somber, threatening clouds
gathered ovet the city, and the joyous
sunlight made place for gloom and
darkness.
There was q ring at her bell, and she
knew what the message would be.
What happened immediately after that,
no one exactly knew. But just as the
manager was going to order lights.
there was . sudden fash OF lightning,
followed by . frightful peal OF thunder,
and when the terrorized operators re
gained their senses the poor girl was
found lying over her instrument, pale
and dead. BY one Of those ~unacconnt,
able whims Of nature, the electric fluid
kept an unwilling captive in the cloud,
above, had found an escape along hei
wire and, passing through her body,
had caused an instantaneous, painless
death.
It was noticed that ct the self-same
hour, her sick lover had suddenly
raised himself in bed as If touched by
the poles OF a g~alvanic battery, and
after uttering the words, IL am through
ring of" had fallen back lifeless, while
the bell of the telephone, which, dur
ing that time had been ringine
~furiously, suddenly stopped and the in
strument itself fell to pieces on thu
floor.
It seems like q sad ending to I
happy dream. But are we to pass
Judgment on the unfathomable DEGREES
Of nature? They were united in death
they might not have been in life.